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The Duramed FUTURES Tour will move into its new headquarters office on Monday, Dec. 17, transitioning from its previous location in Lakeland, Fla., to the LPGA’s Headquarters in Daytona Beach, Fla. The LPGA acquired the Duramed FUTURES Tour in July, prompting the transition.

The English strokeplay champion from Catterick in Yorkshire was picked out by Golf World when they announced their mid-season awards. photo ELGA

Steaphanie Gilmore (AUS) has claimed the 2007 Billabong Pro Maui after a showdown against fellow finalist and defending Billabong Pro Maui Champion Jessi Miley-Dyer (AUS) in two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Honolua Bay. photo ASP Kirsten Covered Images

Stephanie Gilmore tops the ASP Women's World Tour Rankings

Terri Dunning broke the British Record for the 200m butterfly on the first day of competition at the European Short Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Katy Sexton produced a great semi final swim to lower the British standard for 50m backstroke on day three of the European Short Course Championships in Debrecen. photo British Swimming.org

The European Short Course championships came to a conclusion tonight in Debrecen with team GB finishing the meet with two British Records, two Scottish Records and a total of 40 personal bests.

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) reclaimed the World Cup downhill points lead Saturday, finishing second in a downhill on the 2003 World Championships course. photo Mark Fox Summit Daily

Britt Janyk (Whistler, BC) finished eighth in today’s Ladies World Cup Downhill in St. Moritz, SUI for her third Top 10 in as many Downhill races this season. photo Alpine Canada

Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, AK), who posted the first U.S. women's World Cup cross country podium last January, produced the first U.S. women's victory Sunday, winning a sprint in Rybinsk. © Jonathan Selkowitz / Selko Photo 2007

Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) tied for 10th Sunday in a World Cup super G to lead three U.S. women into the top 25. Sweden's Anja Paerson won her second race in 24 hours and took over the World Cup overall points lead. WCSN.com has on-demand webstreaming coverage. photo Tom Kelly US Ski team

Emily Brydon (Fernie, BC) skied to the best performance of her career today, finishing the Ladies World Cup Super G in St. Moritz, SUI in second place, just 0.04 seconds from victory. photo Alpine Canada

Canadian construction workers may not win coveted Olympic and Paralympic competition medals, but they most definitely set new records this month with the completion of construction on all three Whistler Olympic and Paralympic competition venues, on time and on budget.

he Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will open the doors of the newly constructed Whistler Olympic Park on Saturday, December 15, 2007, its first day of business, providing access for both high-performance athlete training and recreational use more than two years before the Games.

Workers involved in constructing the Whistler venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games can officially breathe a sigh of relief. Their work is complete, on time and on budget.

For the extraordinary athletes who will compete at the 2010 Winter Games, winning an Olympic or Paralympic medal will be one of the ultimate achievements of their athletic careers.

Olympic gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) and Olympic silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) took the top podium spots Saturday as the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix kicked off at Breckenridge Resort

Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) wins the Pipestyle jam session Saturday night.

World champion Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) fended off a strong women's field to win in the opening King of the Mountain event of the season in single digit temperatures. She pocketed $15,000.

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final opened Friday in Torino, Italy with the Original Dance, the Ladies, Pairs and Men’s Short Programs. The top six skaters/couples from the six events of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series have qualified for the Final from December 14 to 16.

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final continued Saturday in Torino, Italy with the Free Dance, the Men’s, Pairs and Ladies Free Skating. photo Paul and Michelle Harvath US Figure Skating

An strong squad of Britain’s top disabled shooters travelled to Luxemburg last week to compete against able-bodied shooters in the RIAC and IBIS Cup

England's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro pulled off a long-awaited upset over Vanessa Atkinson when she beat the former world champion from the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of the Women's Monte Carlo Classic.

Women's EHF Champions League Group Matches 5 & 6, which will take place on 2 - 6 January 2008 and 12 - 13 January 2008.

England A Women kicked-off their international season in impressive form with a six try 34-17 victory against the USA on Wednesday at London Irish ARFC, Sunbury.